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Unless somebody pries it away
from the Beavers, there will be a new
champion in the Interstate-8 Athletic
Conference this fall.
Harper Creek handed the Hastings
varsity football team its first loss of
the 2024 season, 32-0 in Battle
Creek Friday to take control of the
conference title race.
The Beaver defense held Hastings
to 129 yards rushing and picked off
one Saxon pass to earn the shut out.
Harper Creek is now the only team
without a loss in I-8 play this season
at 4-0. The Saxons fall to 6-1
overall and 4-1 in I-8 play.
Harper Creek is now 6-1 overall
this season too with the only loss a
non-
confer-
ence
defeat
against
Grand
Rapids

Beavers take I-8 lead in top ten showdown

Harper Creek quarterback Jesus

Macedo (12) gives ball to Matthew

Wensauer (31) as he follows block

by Kowen Slucter (24) during their

I-8 win over Hasting Friday,Oct. 11,

in Battle Creek. (Photo by Perry Hardin)

The Beavers’ Cameron Converse

(14) finds a seam through the Saxon

defense during their I-8 match-up in

Battle Creek Friday, Oct. 11. (Photo by

Perry Hardin)

Kenowa Hills. Hastings was ranked

fifth in the state in Division 4 head-

ing into the ballgame and

Harper Creek tenth.

The Beavers Chase Nichols rushed

13 times for 101 yards and two

touchdowns and Matthew Wensauer

and Ty Wieseler had touchdown

runs for Harper Creek too.

Isaiah Wilson led the Hastings

offense with seven rushes for 49

yards and Cardale Winebrenner had

eight

carries for 40 yards. Saxon quar-

terback Mason Tossava was 2-of-5

passing for 83 yards with both

completions finding Jett Barnum.

Harper Creek followed each of its

four touchdowns with two-point con-

version runs.

Nichols got the scoring started with

a three-yard run nine minutes into

the ballgame. Wensauer scored on a

one-yard run midway through the

second quarter and then Nichols

upped it to a three TD lead going

into

the half with a five-yard scoring

run in the closing minute of the first

half.

Wieseler scored on a one-yard TD

run in the middle of the third quarter.

Jimmy Leamy had a team-high six

tackles for the Beavers and Maddox

McCarty took away a Saxon

fumble. Teegan Turnbull intercept-

ed a Saxon pass too.

Harper Creek goes to Marshall this

Friday, Oct. 18, and then will be

home against Northwest Oct. 25 to

close out the regular season.

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